Gotras
There are differing opinions regarding the number of gotras (clans) which comprise the community. The Bengal Gazetteer and Darjeeling Gazetteer (both published during the British Raj period) listed three such groups, being: Kashyapa, Bhardwaja and Gautama. However, Herbert Risley, writing in 1891, noted four such groups: Kasyapa, Bharadwaja, Lomasa and Sandilya.
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